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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
HEROES MEET DEATH.

Five Brave Lfe-SaverS Drowned in FU-
tile Effort to Rescue Shipwrecked Sail.
ors-A German Vessel Goes Down OFF the
Coast of Virginia-An on Board, Twenty
in Number, Lost.
NORFOLK. Va, Jan 10.-The German ship
Elizabeth, from Hamburg for Baltimore,
went ashore Saturday morning on the
Virginia beach fourteen miles south of
Cape Henry. and every man or board, num-
bering twenty, together with five members
of the ife-saving crew, Station No. 4,
which attempted to rescue the mariners,
were drowned. The names of those of the
vessels crew are unknown. The five
heroes who sacrificed their lives i'll en-
deavoring to save others are as follows:
ABEL BELANZA,
]. A. BELANZA,
J. W LAND,
GEORGE w. STONE,
JOSEPH SPRALLBY.
A terrible storm was raging at the time
OF the disaster and the morning was bit
ter and cold. The wreck was discovered
by the patrolmen of station No. and Dam
Neck, who fired rockets and gave the
alarm. The ife-saying crews ran imme-
diately to the scene and fired six lines with
out result. A life-boat was manned, and
under the command of Captain Belanza
started for the wreck. The vessel was
safely reached and four of the ships crew
were taken into the life-boat. A ships
boat was launched and the rest of the
ships crew entered it.
Both boats made good Roadway through
the boiling surf until suddenly wave of
great force struck and capsized them. Then
began desperate struggle for life, and
with many of the men it was a prolonged
one. The Mortified life-savers on the
beach were powerless to assist their
drowning comrades or the unfortu-
nate strangers. The drowning men were
carried southwark by the seas, and
some of them were washed ashore. AS they
came within reach they were picked up,
and endeavors were made to revive them.
Two of the life-saving crew-John Ether
idge and Frank Thetford, of station No. f.
alone reached shore alive. They were un-
conscious when picked up and only recov-
cred their senses yesterday. Etheridge is
badly hurt
The bodies of the five men of the life-sav-
ing crew and four of the ships crew were
recovered Saturday. They were in life
preservers. Three more of the ships crew
without life-prsservers were picked up
lower down the coast yesterday morning.
Not a word of conversation passed
between the ships crew and the ife-sav-
ing men when the latter boarded the vessel
in their desperate attempt at rescue,
and the cause of the wreck can never be
positively known, although it is supposed
that in attempting to make the capes of
Virginia under reefed sails sufficient allow
ance was not made for the strong currents,
which have caused several disastrous
wrecks along the lower Virginia and North
Carolina coast during the last few years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
"BLACkLISTERS" FINED.

Yankee Judge Defines the Practice as
Conspiracy, and Furnishes Two Offend
ers.
New HAVEN Conn, Jan. 10.-In the City
Court, Judge Pickett rendered decision
in the cases of William H. Wallace, Assist
ant Superintendent Of the New York, New
Haven q Hartford railroad, and Stacy B.
Opdyke, Superintendent Of the New Haven
q Northampton road, accused of conspir-
acy by Thomas F. Meany, who charged
them with blacklisting'' him. The &C
cused were fined $50 each. They will TN
doubtedly appeal from the decision
The judge, in his decision, said that he
was clearly of the opinion that
conspiracy designed to hinder any
man from putting his labor or
the market, when, where and for
such compensation as he may agree for is
equally criminal with any conspiracy de-
signed to hinder the sale of the merchan-
disc Of any producer or dealer, and is more
disastrous in effect than any other form of
conspiracy, except that to take life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches
xLIxth CONGRESS.
Second Session.

CbCOHu Se5SlOHs
THURSDAY, Jan. 6-Bbills were passed
in fhe Senate granting pensions OF 5000
per annum to the widows OF Generals
john A. Logan and Frank P. Blair, and to
carry into effect the treaty with China for
the suppression of the opium traffic. Mr..
Blair presented memorial from large
number OF organizations in all parts Of the
country asking legislation to prevent the
violation of the Sabbath in the running of
railroad trains. The Interstate Commerce
bill was further discussed. In the House
the Pension bill, which appropriates $780,
"a, $780, was passed, and the Naval Reor-
ganization bill was discussed.
FRIDAY, JAN 7-Several petitions were
presented in the Senate in favor of the
Experimental Agricultural Stations bill
Bills were passed to adjust the claims
of any State for expenses incurred in the
National defense, and appropriating $4,000
for the widow and daughter of Erskine s.
Allin, the inventor of the Springfield
breech-loading rife Adjourned to the
10TH In the House the time was principal
ly occupied, in committee of the whole, on
the private calendar. At the evening ses-
sion forty-two pension bills were passed,
including one granting fifty dollars per
month to the widow Of General Durbin
Ward.
SATURDAY, Jan. 8.-The Senate was not
in session. In the House the Senate bill
repeating the Tenure of Office act was re-
ported, and Mr. Hiscock introduced bill to
reduce revenue taxation ana duties on raw
sugar.
MONDAY, Jan. 10. = Petitions were pre-
sented in the Senate for reduction of in
ternal taxes, the repeal of internal-revenue
laws and reduction of the tariff The
Interstate Commerce bill was further con-
sidered. In the House bills were intro
duced: Making ten years. residence of
aliens prerequisite to naturalization;
granting aid for the establishment of com
mon schools and for the professional edu-
cation of public school teachers; for the
relief of dependent parents of honorably
discharged soldiers and sailors; to place
lumber and salt on the free list and to re-
duce the duty on sugar; to grade taxes on
the basis of income; to forbid the use of
stoves or oil on passenger trains; to Cevote
the treasury surplus to public school pur-
poses; for a retired civil list; to disfran-
chise and deny the right to hold public
lands in the Territories to persons who
practice bigamy, polygamy or unholy CO.
habitation; to regulate speculative transac-
tions in farm produce; to amend the immi-
grafton laws (requiring duty of fifty
cents for each passenger not citizen of
the United States who comes to this coun-
try from foreign country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

coat on over any dress of however cling
ing, catching nature. Costumes Of cordu-
roy are in high vogue this winter. The
turban hat of other days is revived, but
altered somewhat. French milliners, who
are supposed to be the highest authority
on the subject, say that it is recognized
rule in Paris that bonnets shall correspond
in hue either with the mantle or gown
with which they are worn. The close
little Princesse bonnet is queen of
the inner circle of fashion and
the wide brimmed Gainsborough hat
and the high steeple hat, sans brim and
sans breadth, are waging war with each
other for popular favor. Long seal and
plush surtouts cut up in the back and made
with Polish hoods are considered the height
of style. 1t is fashionable this winter to
look comfortable, hence heavy wrappings,
fur, velvet, plush, Russian riding hoods,
fur gloves and long fun boas are having it
all their own way in society" C. D. F.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
TEMPERANCE.
A TALE OF TWO MEN.

There was man IN our town,
And he was wondrous wise,
He delved into piece Of land
And made good crops arise.
When he saw what ne had done,
He said: It's very plain,
The best thing can do is to ;,
Peg right in again"
And so he pegged, and pegged,
Til competence was won;
Then, thank5Al, said: This land of ours
Is best. beneath the SUM-
There was another man in town
A b1oclShead rare was he;
Into saloon he went and drank
Till he could scarcely see,
And kept it up week in and out,
Till money all was gone;
With wife and children dressed in rags,
The poorest in the town.
Broken down and nearly gone
Not nickel left to save
His only hope, when all is done,
Six feet of pauper's grave!
-CleU1Idnd Leader,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
The Oldest Practicing Attorney in the
United States bead.

ERIE, Pa, Jan. 10-Elijah Babbitt, the
Oldest practicing attorney in the United
States, died at his home yesterday after
noon, aged ninety-two years. He was
born in Providence, R. L, but came to this
city when mere boy. He served in Con-
gress as Representative of the Twenty
seventh Pennsylvania district during the
war, and was a warm personal friend of
Lincoln He continued practicing at the
bar Until few months since. when he was
confined to his house. 1t was invariably
the custom of the members of the bar to
rise as he entered the courtroom, He
leaves seven children.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

] The Chicago Journal says that "Mr.
ODonnell, of Michigan, is evidently of
opinion that no Congressman who spits
on the floor of the House can expect to
rate as gentleman. The first to pick
this chestnut and get it to market
ought to have credit for it..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

THE amount of new life insurance
written in the United States in the year
1885 amounted in round figures to
1878, 100000. 1t is believed that the
new policies written during the past
ye&c will aggregate $400, 100000
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
Too Far Ahead.

"What do yor wantP" she snapped,
as she held the front door open about
three inches.
..Want 20 clean the snow off yer side
walk he replied.
''But it is clean"
Then want to engage to saw some
wood for you next summer. The ex-
igencies OF the case demand that I get
hold of some breakfast somehow or
other right oil. Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
A Mammoth, diamond

New YORK, Jan. 10-In an excise case
Saturday in the Tombs police court, where
a saloon-keeper was held to bail for vio-
lation of the Excise law, his counsel Of
fered as bail monster diamond. Justice
White at first refused, thinking it was
glass. The lawyer, however, explained,
and II was taken as security. 1t is the
largest finished diamond in the United
States, and it is known as 'sThe President
1t is ffty-two carats in weight and cut
with sixty-four facets. 1t is valued at S45,-
900. 1t was brought from the Kimberly
mines IN South Africa, in 1885, by Charles
Levy, of this city, and originally
weighed 125 carats. 1t outranks the
"Cleveland," which is valued at $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

A MAN of about thirty-tive years sue
ceeded the other day in palming him
self off on an old PENNSYLVANIA farmer
as his son who had been absent seven
teen years. He remained at the old
mans house several days, glibly talked
over the family affairs, learned where
the old man kept his money, and finally
left in the night, taking $4,000 with
him
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

DIR. WILLIAM PERRY, of Exeter, N.
H., a man remarkable in many re-
spects, celebrated his ninety-eighth
birthday the other day. He is the sole
survivor of the passengers on Robert
Fulton's steamboat or that memorable
trial trip down the Hudson seventy
nine years ago, and is also the oldest
surviving graduate of Harvard College.
lie was member of the class of 1911.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

THE St. Petersburg Academy of
Science has received telegram from
DIR. Bunge, at Orlinga, reporting the
successful termination of the labors of
the Russian expedition which had been
exploring the region around the mouth
of the Lena river in Eastern liberia
and the new Siberian Islands, where
the Jeanette expedition came to grief.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

! The total number of pension certifi-
Gates issued during the fiscal year 1886
was 81 ,427, against 74,701 the previous
year. Since July l of the current year
1858 certificates have been issued, of
which 1889 were original pensions,
1894 were increases, 2,713 were re-
issues, S22 restorations, 35S duplicates,
l,O24 accrued, 7,S42 were under the
supplemental act of July 4, 1886, and
small numbers under various other
special acts and orders.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

! NEARLY all railroads ticket "children
under twelve years at half price" But
some of the railroads are so slow that
n boy ticketed through has to pay full
fare before he reaches his destination.
An instance is given where an anxious
mamma asked a conductor for l." the
loan of his scissors until she let the
hem out of her boys trousers legs"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

: In 1868 General Grant and Horatio
Seymour were opposing candidates for
the Presidency. They both died in
1885. In 1884. John A. Logan and
Thomas A. Hendricks were opposing
candidates for the Vice-Presidency.
They died within about year of each
other.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

The man who is anxious to bet one
hundred dollars that he can live three
months on hay and oats has got out
West as far as Montana. An exchange
Is more than ever convinced that he is
an experienced editor who is out of a lob.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

: The Detroit Free Press says about
one hundred people were shot, blown
up, drowned or crippled for life while
celebrating the advent of the New Year
in the United States, and the next
batch arc warned to be on hand at an
early hour on the morning of July 4.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

THE Tribune thus describes a new
counterfeit silver dollar, dated 1882, in
circulation in Chicago. 1t is nearly
perfect and any one not an expert
would take it without question, and
even an expert would be deceived un-
less he made a critical examination. 1t is
very nearly up to the standard weight,
the milling, on which so many coun-
terfeiters fail, is admirably done, the
ring is almost genuine, and the gener-
al execution good. 1t is, however,
lacking in the rich silver color or APP
pearance and looks like tin washed in
ight-colored brick-dust water.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

The annual accounts are coming from
Dakota of the snow-balls, some the
size of apples, others as large as peck
measures, that cover the prairies there.
These balls are rolled by the wind, and
there are thousands of them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

WHEN the people the other day saw
the venerable Hannibal Hamlin draw
ing on his overcoat, ''the first time in
forty years, " they began at once to cut
an extra lot of cord-wood and to pre-
pare for hard winter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

OF a total Of 1926 divorces granted in
Indiana last year, 581 were granted on
complaints of wives and 244 on COM
plants of husbands This shows that
the lDdiana women are more than
twice as good as the men.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
Holding the Fort.

care you acquainted with Miss Glass;
away?" asked Gus De Smith of Colonel
Yerger.
Eyes, indeed, I am. What elegant
English she uses.
Eyes, her tongue is her forte, so to
speak,
Then it's pity she can't hold it.
TEXAS Sittings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

j a Ii n t ~ d o
these short
JACKIE is ap-
pear and they
fit to perfdc-
ton. They're
all lined with
t h e pla n
strong lining
surah which
is now sold
for this spe-
cial use, at
the low price
of sixty-nine
cents a yard.
1t is of firm
quality and
wears excel
,lently, and
the silk en-
a b l e S t h e
w e a re r to
slip the close
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, cell
ebrated on New Years Day the eight
ieth anniversary of his entry into the
German army.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

style of toilet from W RaTadsro C Stne aI9 in
the simplest mourn Velvet
ing dress to the most elaborate tea-gown.
Some of the round wasted dresses of
English tweed made in tailor style have
fiat folds of velvet, crossing the thest di-
agonally. The jacket worn es+&Suite is
double breasted and fastened with
large military buttons. Some of the
natty Hussar jackets worn this Win
ter are handsomely braided in arabesques,
the designs formed of wide, fiat guimpes
In addition, the coats have narrow bands of
fur outlying the edges. Very chic and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

SENATOR STANFORD, of California,
distributed $40, 900 in Christmas pres
ents among the poor of Washington.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

DURING 1886 there were !, 1902 railway
locomotives built in the United States
and Canada. The prices ruled low, but
the tendency was toward very heavy
machines, so that the amount of capital
invested in the new locomotives was not
less than $l5,000,O0O, The production
was large compared to that of the pre-
Vious year, but it was not equal to the
natural increase of railroad rolling
stock The railroads in Che United
states use at present 27,900 locomo-
tives and those in Canada 1876 locomo-
tiYes to do the work of transportation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

fabric. The exquis-
itely fine cancels hair
goods brought out this
season are marvels of
delicacy in quality,
and combine more eff
fectively with velvet
than most of the var
led winter textiles in
all wool. A velvet
skirt with tunic of soft
Quaker-gray cancels
hair forms a fashion
able costume at once
stylish and ladylike.
If gray is not becom-
ing to the wearer, it
can usually be made so
by the addition of Stu
art collar and vest of
velvet matching that
forming the skirt. One
of the new shades in
gray known as nuns
gray, and found most
generally becoming,
has not the slightest
tinge of zinc in it, but
is a soft, lovely tint
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

During the past year thirty-one
murders occurred in San Francisco,
Cal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

THE demand for small bills and
coins, says Philadelphia sub-treas-
ury official, sis such that we can not
begin to supply one-dollar and two-dol-
lar bills as fast as they are called for,
and we are away behind in the matter
OF small change. One of the peculiarities
of the day is the new demand from the
South and Southwest forp pennies. Here
totore the people there have had no use
for one-centpieces; they have rather in
clined to sheer at such money; but the
growth of liveliness in trade down there
seems to have changed affairs mate
rally"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

dress occasions. Half
low corsages are far
m ore fashionable
than the regular de-
collete bodices SO
prevalent last VIM
ter, and the rounding
style is now in great
er vogue than either
the square-cut or V
corsage opening.
Worth Grapes many
of his V-shape and
other fancy bodices
with folds Of India
silk tulle, thus rem
dering them far more
becoming than the
severely plain style
of his summer gown.
These folds give a
very quaint effect,
and a graceful finish
to the corsage. Sur
plice folds are as pop
ular as ever, and are
noted upon every
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF some EXIST
Ing Styles of Dress.
New York Special Correspondence
Fur trimmings were used last spring
upon the airy tulle silks and gauzes made
into dancing toilets, and fur is one of the
crazes of the present moment. 1t is placed
everywhere, upon plush theater dresses
with heart-shaped corsages bordered with
bindings OF dark fur; tea gowns are dec
Grated with narrow bands of lynx, Alaska
sable, silver fox and the like, and entire
dress skirts ana bonnets are made of fur,
the former as costly as they are protective
and elegant, these closely gored in front and
worn with Russian polonaise above, made
of finest cancels hair or other handsome wool
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
FASHION LETTER.
New York Special Correspondents.

The Universal Prevalence of Fur and FUR
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Some Exist
ing Styles of Dress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14

Trimmed with Braid which gathers no me-
and Passementerie. tallic shades after gas
light. Toned with any of the rich winter
pushes in golden brown, ruby or peacock
blue, ETC., it is one of the most recherche
toilets woman can choose. Costumes for
grooming receptions are made of rich
corded silks, failleS of various elegant
shades, pekin stripes with broad bands of
velvet or satin alternating, plain Lyons
velvets in new DELICIOUS dyes of pale lilac,
Venetian bronze, claret, Neapolitan blue,
dark moss green, violet and antique gold
and also moires and magnificent satin
brocades and embossed velvets, the rich
ness of whose coloring Is the marvel of the
present time.
Watered and satin ribbons with fancy
edges are much used for bows and flowing
loops on evening dresses and for holding
flower clusters on rich panels of velvet or
satin; white velvet ribbons are put IN
straight rows on tulles and gauzes to give
the effect of stripes on draperies and trains.
Flowers of the most perfect workmanship
are used with prodigal hand on toilets of
every description designed for elegant
Wichita eagle., 1887-11-25
Soiacs for n Duh Tlay.

The other evening AZ one Of the theatres
q newspaper man had the good fortune 70
have for his right hand neiEhbor a very
pretty girl. Tie play was rather dull
aud the journalist wicke6ly amused him
self by watching the charming little wo-
man. Both she and her escort felt the
dramatisJ's dUilness and yawned freely
through the first act. The second act
showed no improvement. and toward its
close the escort whispered something TO
the lady. she gave an eager consent 70
his proposition, and then he began a search
through his pockets. Finally he produced
a store OF small coin, which be divided
into two portions and gave one TO tbs lady.
Then he ratified q penny II his hand and
she did the same. Both showed their
coins, and as she matched him shs uttered
q little shrek OF delight and grasPed her
winnings.
Fer the rest OF the evening these two
forgot the drama in the gambling. AT
first the man won. much 10 the disgust #
his coranaaioa. Then fortune took an
other turn and The lady Won right On 70
the end CT the game Five or SIX times
she 7e2lanishcd her escorts stock. and
when the curtain fell she must have been
ahead at least $50 The newspaper man
was panied to observe. however, that her
system could hardly be called fair, for she
held tie coin en- is edge IL her hand and
Is scon as the gentleman showed whether
his was head or tai up she dropped hers
on the side that would WIN. AllaQel pLie
Csu